• Gloria in excelsis deo

BWV 191; BC E 16

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Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 92
Epistel: Titus 2, Vers 11–14
Epistel: Jesaja 9, Vers 2–7
Gospel: Lukas 2, Vers 1–14
Week song:

• Gelobet seist du, Jesus Christ (M. Luther 1524)

Scoring

S*, T*, 2 S, A, T, B; 3 Tr, Timp, 2 Fl trav, 2 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

• um 1742?

• First performance between 1743–1746 (watermark/features of the autograph score); or possibly already on December 25, 1742, during an academic ceremony at the Paulinerkirche (Rathey BJ 2013 and Leaver BJ 2013). Movement 1 originates from BWV 232.2/4–5, and movements 2–3 were parodied from BWV 232.2/8 and 12

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.]

Link to videos:

Gloria in excelsis deo, BWV 191 (Netherlands Bach Society)

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Libretto

• Movement 1: Luke 2, 14. Movement 2–3: Minor Doxology (Gloria Patri)

Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1145 [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/2, S. 171 (Alfred Dürr, 1957) – Critical report (1957), S. 154;

BG 41, S.3 (A. Dörffel, 1894)

Literature

• Rathey BJ 2013; Leaver BJ 2013

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2024-12-09 11:33:23